LOG HOME and CABIN EDUCATION INFORMATION
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LOG HOME and CABIN EDUCATION INFORMATION
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Settling-Jacks or Screw-Jacks Settling jacks or screw jacks are used on homes that have extreme moisture content at the core of their wall logs that you will have to adjust when the bound cell water evaporates over time. You will need to adjust the height of all your vertical poles holding up the ridge beams, purlins and headers. Settling jacks or screw jacks are 9”-11” steel pins that go between the floor and the bottom of the vertical poles and other places, as the wall logs shrink (Settle) down you have to continuously lower the ridge beams, purlins and headers or your roof will become detached from the top of the walls. If you do not keep on a routine maintenance schedule your warranty will become void.
Consulting firms that help you through the building process are well worth your time and money. Not knowing the in and out's of building a log home or timber frame home can become very frustrating. Custom Woodcraft Builders out of Indianapolis, Indiana serve the Mid-Western States. If anyone has seen it all...it is Custom Woodcraft Builders. For log and timber trusses and entryways - please visit timbertrusses.net and timbertruss.net. To learn about building options with authentic reclaimed lumber, beams, logs & timbers for true historical 'green' building, please visit reclaimedwood.biz and reclaimedtimber.org. If you are interested in more information about timbers, timber framing and log and timber frame construction in general, please visit the following sites: Be sure not to miss a wide array of log home and log cabin suppliers, builders and accessories at the Outdoor Sport Lake & Cabin Show in Fort Wayne Indiana March 12-14, 2010. This event is produced by Coliseum Productions Inc.
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